Paraguay Waterfall

Saltos del Monday

A 40 m drop.

When to go

FF MM · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

40m

Height

OpenStreetMap

164m³/s

Average flow

estimate

May–Jun
Nov–Dec

Best months

65MW

Water power

estimate

The water at Saltos del Monday, month by month

It roars from May to June and from October to January.

The fullest months: from May to June and from October to January.

177 m³/sJan
161 m³/sFeb
139 m³/sMar
139 m³/sApr
173 m³/sMay
173 m³/sJun
155 m³/sJul
112 m³/sAug
119 m³/sSep
179 m³/sOct
201 m³/sNov
212 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 112 m³/s in the lowest month to 212 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to June and from November to December.

Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall

Saltos del Monday is a waterfall in Paraguay. The water falls 40 m.

Getting there.

Presidente Franconearest town · 2.1 km in a straight line
Parking 200 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Cataratas International Airport (IGU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at IGU airport (Foz do Iguaçu)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From May to June and from November to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

Stay, explore and get there

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

65 MW

About 164 m³/s falling 40 m: the power of the water as it drops.

as much as 22 large wind turbines
enough to power about 16,100 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Saltos del Monday seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Río Monday through the falls

The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 55 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 64 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

4viewpoints
—waymarked walking routes
1car parks
—swimming spots
—picnic sites
1toilets
—information boards and visitor centres
2bus stops within 1 km
—other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
3campsitesCamping Coati, Internacional
179hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLa Cabaña Hostería, Panoramic Grand, Tupasy Iguazú Apart and 176 more
42restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Presidente Franco2.1 km in a straight line
Foz do Iguaçu4.6 km in a straight line
Ciudad del Este6.8 km in a straight line
Puerto Iguazú7.1 km in a straight line
Los Cedrales14 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon °C	32	32	32	29	24	22	22	25	27	29	30	32
Night °C	24	23	22	19	15	14	13	14	16	20	21	23
Rain & snow (mm)	147	129	117	124	163	108	85	70	121	211	159	179
Wet days	17	16	14	11	11	11	9	7	11	15	13	16
Sun h/day	8.2	7.5	7.7	7.1	5.6	5.2	5.8	6.6	6.3	6.5	8.0	8.1

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (148 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Anfiteatro Tape Aviru del Parque Municipal Cataratas del Monday, Paraguay — Chipachyryry · CC0

Monday Falls in Paraguay — FF MM · CC BY-SA 3.0

Saltos del Monday, Presidente Franco, Alto Paraná, Paraguay (1) — FFE.Franco · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	117%	95%	54%	38%	133%	137%	43%	204%	24%	24%	42%	116%
2021	181%	22%	60%	11%	20%	115%	54%	69%	74%	132%	43%	6%
2022	83%	73%	165%	137%	98%	75%	69%	224%	175%	182%	46%	30%
2023	100%	146%	54%	113%	68%	65%	130%	100%	99%	160%	155%	80%
2024	71%	97%	62%	125%	117%	132%	199%	47%	69%	58%	83%	105%
2025	50%	68%	35%	53%	38%	199%	97%	145%	92%	78%	82%	106%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Saltos del Monday

Paraguay

40 mHeight
164 m³/sAverage flow
May–Jun, Nov–DecBest months

Iguaçu Falls

Argentina

82 mHeight
1,756 m³/sAverage flow
May–Jun, Nov–DecBest months

See the guide

Devil's Throat

Argentina

—Height
1,826 m³/sAverage flow
—Best months

See the guide

Moconá Waterfalls

Argentina

—Height
2,235 m³/sAverage flow
Jun, Oct–DecBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q880046) · CC0
Height of the drop	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
River flow and catchment	HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons